// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did David Smart's bowls go to therapy? They were feeling a little "off-balance".
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | Scotland | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | Merchiston Edinburgh BC | |||||||||||
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David S. Smart was a Scottish international lawn bowler who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
[edit]Smart was a member of the Merchiston Edinburgh Bowling Club[1] and was part of the Merchiston Edinburgh pair[2] with Jim Kerr, that won the District finals[3] to qualify for the 1956 Scottish National Bowls Championships, where they then won the national pairs title.[4][5][6]
He represented the 1958 Scottish team[7][8] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,[9] where he participated in the pairs event,[10] again with Jim Kerr.[11]
In 1961, Smart was still actively playing bowls and reached the District finals.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Devastating Finish To Bowling Final". Sunday Post. 5 August 1956. p. 22. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ↑ "Finishes were close in Bowls Finals". Edinburgh Evening News. 27 June 1956. p. 11. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ "Two Bowling Titles Come East". The Scotsman. 6 August 1956. p. 4. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Seven of the best for Cardiff". Belfast News-Letter. 15 July 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Empire Games Fund at half-way mark". The Scotsman. 4 February 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ↑ "Scots bowlers fail in all their matches". The Scotsman. 19 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Here are the competititors". Edinburgh Evening News. 28 June 1961. p. 15. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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